a classic from my generation's poet laureate -- stories of a life moving along in the breeze like the rest of us ... 

Niiiice, thank you.

Still good.

Glad to hear this take of one of my favorite albums.

Thanks for playing this great song from one of my favorite artists.

haven't heard any JB on here in a while - Thanks Bill!

   

 Cynaera wrote: 
I only found out of Cynaera passing. I'll miss her comments. I like her take on songs and love for music and life that showed whether she liked or didn't care for a tune. 

Oh, man, "relaxing" in my off-campus house with a few friends after a long day, letting the evening slide into night with a little JB on the box.

The singer-songwriter genre may have only lasted a few years, but there was a lot of good stuff and JB was one of the best. 

 keller1 wrote: 
I disagree with you, keller1 - Jackson Browne IS a time.  I can listen to something he did thirty years ago and still love it and want to hear it again.

And anyway - what's wrong with staying in the realm of a time that was good for us? (I'm gonna be 55 in October, my hair is to my waist, and I wear denim dresses and Birkenstocks. Guess that makes me "of a time.")  *shrug*  I love Jackson Browne's music. Always have, always will.

 skibbenr wrote:  So - how was the concert??????? 

We're going to see him in less than a week, and got 4th row centre!  You folks' comments make me look forward to it.  Like so many of us RP listeners, I remember way back when this song came out on the radio.  My good buddy in high school bought it for me for my birthday and I've been a fan ever since.

 toterola wrote: 
I have that, too - his banter is almost better than the songs he performs!  I love it when he told the story about how someone from the audience yelled for him to do "Peaceful, Easy Feeling," so he did, but he messed up the words (well, it wasn't his song!)  Jackson Browne is my favorite artist.

Wow. Thought this was Blood Oranges!  

 Randomax wrote: 
I don't say this much, but I'm jealous! I have the two volume live set, with the storytelling and all. I sure want to see that done live.

 casey1024 wrote: 

Just saw him 2 weeks ago on Univ of Texas campus (Hogg Auditorium)....total acoustical set....his voice has never been better....absolutely magical evening....played whatever anyone called out.....amazing!!

Oh, my broken teenage heart.  So long ago, so easily recalled.

This brings back some very nice memories! Nearly wore this one out. Amazing how these songs can put us back in what seems like yesterday... Please play more from this album. Thanks!

 On_The_Beach wrote: 
I hear ya ... I saw him this week with some friends who are actually bigger fans than me, and for a minute I could have sworn it was the 70s again.

Then I took a look at the crowd —— skullets, paunches, clothes on some of the women that they should have stopped wearing twenty years ago, and realized that it really wasn't.

Not to disparage JB —- decent show, very professional —- but he is definitely of a time.

Man, it seems like another lifetime . . .

The first time I drove a car at night...1977...Garden State Art Center

 Hannio wrote: 
I still can't get into it. Guess I'm missing some interesting guitar bit, for as much as I like the piano, it's always been guitar-driven music that's done it for me. Or, as in the case of Morphine, some powerful sax.

Now that I have mellowed out some with age I can enjoy JB.  A little.  I detested his plain vanilla music when I was younger.

Pretty close to the perfect classic rock that everything is based on...

I prefer Tom Rush' take on this off of "Merrimack County"  ... damn that was a long time ago.

jcjoh wrote:
I agree, that's a very good song. I was pleasantly surprised.

Pyro wrote:

Couldn't have put it better myself. He's done very little of note since "The Pretender" (except perhaps that song "In the Shape of a Heart" from one of those mediocre 80s albums) but my favourite is probably "Late for the Sky" which contains some of the best lyrics ever, IMHO

Pyro wrote:

His "I'm Alive" album is pretty good, actually.
Listen to "Sky Blue and Black"